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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Anni Okonkwor" <barr_anniokonkwor@bank-onlineworld.com>
Reply-To: barr_anniokonkwor99@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:33:51 +0000
Subject: Proprietary

BARRISTER ANNI OKONKWOR (ATTORNEY AT LAW).
OFFICE ADDRESS:144 LAKE SHORE DRIVE,
ABENI CRESCENT, PRETORIA South Africa
ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL:barr_anniokonkwor99@yahoo.com

Dear Friend.

I am Barrister Anni Okonkwor, a solicitor at law I am the personal attorney
to Mr Morris Thompson , a national of your country,who was a very successful
businessman. He unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000, He was with his wife
and only child.

You can read more about the crash on visiting these sites below.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

Before he died he deposited the sum of $9 million in Standard Finance
Security Company with the hope of transferring it to his country as soon as
he got back from vacation in Mexico.Since his death I have made several
enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but
this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I
decided to contact you to help in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confisticated or declared unserviceable
by the security company where the deposit was made.

Now the Security company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin
or have the money confisticated within the next ten official working days.
Since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over four
months now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased, so that the proceeds of this deposit can be sent to you and then
you and i can share the money.50% to me and 50% to you. Please you are free
to give your own opinion on this transaction modelity if you wish. I have
all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up every claim we may
make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us See this transaction
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please reply me through my private and more secure
email:barr_anniokonwor99@yahoo.com

BEST REGARDS,
BARRISTER ANNI OKONKWOR.
(GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY).

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